ADAM'S - SILVER FROM THE COLLECTION OF JIMMY WELDON May 16th 2017 (Click Lot title for more images and to Place Bid)

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112 AN IRISH PROVINCIAL GEORGE III FIDDLE PATTERN SUGAR TONGS, CORK C.1805,

mark of Samuel Green, crested, (c.31g). 15.5cm

€ 200 - 300

Samuel Green, Silversmith married Mary Hodges, February 1762, in St Peter’s, mentioned 1780; assays for‘Green Cork’ in

Dublin 1810-16. (Bowen and O’Brien, 2005 pp180-186)

1805:On 21st October 1805The Battle ofTrafalgar occurs.

A naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during theWar of theThird

Coalition of the NapoleonicWars.

113 A SET OF SIX IRISH PROVINCIAL HANOVERIAN PATTERN TABLESPOONS, CORK C.1765,

mark of Michael McDermott, Dublin assay marks for 1765, crested,

(c.404g). 21cm long. (6)

These appear to be the only example of McDermott’s work to be

hallmarked in Dublin.

€ 800 - 1,200

1765:On March 24th 1765 Britain enactsThe Quartering Act requiring

colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.